A Dublin solicitor has brought High Court proceedings alleging failures by solicitor Michael Lynn to honour undertakings relating to ten apartments in Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim, have left him unable to register ownership of the properties.
In the proceedings, Barry Lyons, of Lyons Kenny solicitors, wants to get the title deeds to the properties.
Mr Robert Beatty, for Mr Lyons, told Ms Justice Mary Laffoy today that "time is of the essence" in having the matter heard as judgment mortgages were being registered "every day" against the properties.
The proceedings came via ten separate actions before Ms Justice Laffoy who agreed to an application by Mr Beatty to consolidate all but one of them into one action.
Mr Beatty said all of the actions related to the one property development and the ten cases were initiated because lis pendens [orders restraining dealings] with each of the ten properties had been sought.
The consolidated actions are against Mr Lynn and a John Riordan. A solicitor for Mr Riordan told the judge yesterday that Mr Riordan was at one point a co-owner of some properties with Mr Lynn but has no title deeds to those.
Mr Lynn was Mr Riordan's solcitor, the judge was told. The judge left over the tenth set of proceedings as it involved Kendar Ltd, a property firm of Mr Lynn's. She noted the firm is in receivership and said the receiver should be put on notice of the action.
The judge gave leave for the proceedings to be brought before the President of the High Court, Mr Justice Richard Johnson, next Monday.